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Essex Group Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Companies, R.E., Monthly Orders, January 1926-December 1936.
Eleven year run, around 1000pp. in all, several maps & diagrams, bound in 3 Vols. Printed by H.G. Allis, Printer, Brentwood. Contemp.
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Exceptional survival, some 132 original Monthly Orders bound in 3 Vols., contemp. binders' cloth with ink titles to front & sp., unit stamps to eps. Contains much detail on regimental organisation, courses of instruction, appointments & promotions, training programmes, annual camp (with details of kit, dress &c.), sporting events, awards of Efficiency medals, some details of changes in AA equipment in use, &c. Demarcation of Duties of Permanent Staff Instructors, CQMS, CSM, Mechanist Machinery &c, are of notable interest.
£100
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Work of the Royal Engineers in the European War, 1914-19. Military Mining.
1st Ed., x+148pp., 29 photos., 61 plates/diagrams/sketches (many fldg.). Chatham: Mackay & Co. for the Institution of Royal Engineers.
1922
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Superb & now very rare reference on Western Front mining: outline history of operations, technical aspects & mine rescue, with splendid illustrations inc. fldg. maps of trench & tunnel systems, aerial photos., photos. & sketches of methods & equipment. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, little chipped, VG. See illustrations on our website.
£225
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Historical Records of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders. Vols. III & IV [1914-1918].
1st Eds., xxiii+468pp & viii+609pp., 4to, 69 plates, 22 fldg. maps. Blackwood.
1931
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Fine record of all Cameron battalions 1914-1918, including the Cameron Highlanders of Canada. Almost entirely Western Front + 2nd Bn. in Salonika. Roll of Hon., awards, &c. Orig. apple green cloth, totled in black (second issue binding), VG & rare. See illustration on our website.
£220
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History of the East Lancashire Royal Engineers.
1st Ed., xxvi+268pp., 9 illus. For Private Circulation.
1921
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427th, 428th & 429th Field Coys. & 42nd Div. Signal Coy., Gallipoli, Egypt & Western Front from 1917. Roll of Hon., awards. Rebound ex-lib. copy. See illustration on our website.
£30
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The History of the London Rifle Brigade 1859-1919.
1st Ed., text & mapcase: xx+515p., 6 plates, 17 sketch maps in text + 5 lge. fldg. maps in separate case. Constable.
1921
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5th Londons F&F 1914-18 Plugstreet, 2nd Ypres, 1/7/16 at Gommecourt &c. Detailed & readable history with num. anecdotes &c. Appendices inc. officers' services, awards. Complete: text + 5 fldg. maps in separate mapcase. Orig. green cloth, silver gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.
£50
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The 54th Infantry Brigade 1914-1918: Some Records of Battle & Laughter in France.
1st Ed., xi+207pp., 15 plates. For Private Circulation.
1919
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18th Div. (12th Middx., 2nd & 7th Beds., 11th RF & 6th Northants). Detailed on the raising of the Brigade & subsequent services inc. Trones Wood, Thiepval &c. Orig. red cloth, titled in black, somewhat sunned, VG. See illustration on our website.
£50
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The 7th Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders (T.A.) Their Peacetime Life 1908-1958.
1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., 111pp. (inc. adverts)., num. portraits & several other photos. Glasgow: Paramount Press.
1958
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Life in this TA battalion during peacetime, accounts of annual camp, &c. with various rolls & named group photos., VG in orig. dec. laminated wraps. See illustration on our website.
£20
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The Story of the Sixty-Sixth C.F.A.
1st Ed., xii+148pp., portrait frontis., 12 photo. plates (inc. portraits of Battery Commanders), 3 maps. Edinburgh: Turnbull & Spears, for the Battery.
1919
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A fine history compiled by members of the Battery in Belgium in 1919. Includes accounts of raising & training in Canada & UK, then active service in France 1917-18. Perkins applauds the factual information within & adds that is was "presumably based upon the war Diary" although there is far more detail on events & personalities than generally found in those bare records. Includes nominal rolls of all ranks with details of their services. Orig. blue calf, gilt to front & sp., VG & rare. See illustration on our website.
£145
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135 Survey Engineer Regiment (TA): History of the Regiment 1948-1965.
1st Ed., orig. printed wraps., dup. typescript, spiral bound foolscap format, ii+35+[xiv]pp., with loosely inserted col. plate of uniforms Ewell, Surrey: RHQ.
1965
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An unusual TA regiment formed in 1948 comprising Topographic Squadron, Cartographic Squadron & Lithographic Squadron. Details of their work, rolls of officers, roll of awards of Efficiency Medals &c. VG. See illustration on our website.
£45
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Suffolk Territorials & The Great War. Brief History of the Territorial Force Association & Record of the Units in the Field.
1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., 36pp., 15 photos. Ipswich: East Anglian Daily Times. nd (c.1920)
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Including the Suffolk Yeomanry, East Anglian Brigade RFA, RGA, 4th & 5th Suffolks, &c. Roll of awards. VG. See illustration on our website.
£45
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